TheUnhinged

Bangkok Blossom is one of those dramas where you can sense the overall thrust of the plotline from the first episode. While a satisfying underdog fight-against-the-odds story, it's also a very predictable one. Consequently, I felt the pacing was often off kilter – especially when a lot of time was sunk into big reveals that we could easily see coming.

This is my first lakorn so I'm not sure what the standard is, but I felt like the acting was all over the shop. I can at least understand why these types of dramas don't really prioritise subtle complexities in acting, but the face-value acting sometimes made the characters seem wooden and repetitive. However, I did really enjoy Goy's and Charlette's performances. They kept me going through the episodes, even when the pacing was lagging.

Nonetheless, I think what makes Bangkok Blossom stand out is its big heart. It really does the right thing by its audience and commits to the bit 110%. I actually appreciated that even the 'good' men were mediocre and useless, because not only did it feel realistic, it also meant the women shone all the more in contrast. So, even though it took me a while to struggle through episodes, I knew from the start I'd need to see it through to the end.